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To resize in Paint Shop Pro, go to the Image menu > select Resize. In the new box which opens set the size to 800 pixels in either the height or the width (depending on whether your photo is tall or wide). PSP will auto-calculate the length of the other side for you. Click OK, then click Save As... under the File menu - in the box which opens choose a filename and where to save it but before you save, click the Options button bottom right of that box. Set the Compression Factor to 40% (either type 40 into the box or use the slider control), click OK and then Save. Your resulting file should be big enough to see but small enough to fit the board's limits.

NOTE: As at Nov 2014, testing "ImageOptimiser" with source images over 1.4Mb (and minimum pixel width / height of 3008 x 1688) has shown that the program does not reduce the files easily to below 125Kb (Board max) even when 600 pixel max is requested for the reduced file. Anne's suggestion below, for "shrinkpictures" does work well for the same source images, providing results less than 100Kb for a reduction down to 760 pixel max size.

In addition to the other options within our Help topics for resizing and compressing images, the following is a more recent facility (mentioned by Anne in a couple of past posts):

Image Optimiserhttp://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspxThis is a free website service and acts as an immediate interface with your chosen images(s) through a standard file selection dialog. The result can be saved to your own file directory, again using a standard "Save file" dialog.

Select the image you want to resize and upload it, and choose the settings needed...

Select New Maximum Image dimensionI suggest 760 Pixels for image up to 3Mb original size, and 600 Pixels for images larger than that initially.

Set resized image quality (jpg compression) to Good

Press Resize button and wait for the result (it can take several minutes depending on the size of the image and your internet speed.

Once it's resized you'll see a new page, where you can download the resized image, and you have the option to delete the original immediately from their server too. If you don't delete immediately it is auto-deleted after 2 hours.

Your resized image should be less than the 125kb the board needs if you follow the settings above. Then you can just attach pics to your posts onto GMB.

Mod: Update as at Nov 2014. Please be aware: The "completion page" shows info for pixel width and height and also Kb size for the resized image. However the actual image size for the downloaded file may be about 2x that shown on the web page.

Please contact me if you get stuck and need help with resizing images.

My own tests show that is is quite quick and easy to use. Leaving parameters as default - other than new width or height - produced a good quality 100 Kb image after resizing from 3008 x 1688 down to 800 x 449. And the 100 Kb stated on the web page was the true Kb size for the downloaded file.

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